Friday Journal Club

All STAR Trainees and the Co-Directors will attend this session, which is meant to develop the ability of UM STAR Trainees to understand, critique, and present published articles related to biomedical and behavioral aspects of cardiovascular disease. Lunch will also be provided to enhance attendance by faculty and students. Two articles will be presented during each week of Journal Club. In the first week the articles will be presented by the Co-Directors to provide the Trainees with model presentations. In the remaining 4 weeks Trainees will present the Journal Club articles with the assistance of their faculty and graduate student mentors. The papers presented will be selected from a list generated by the Co-Directors to represent classic papers in the areas related to the research of the faculty mentors.

Klein S, Burke LE, Bray GA et al. Clinical implications of obesity with specific focus on cardiovascular disease: A statement for professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism: endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Circulation 2004;110:2952.